INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



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on the impeachment of the President, 138 ; submits a 

 minority report, 161 ; on the repeal of the cotton tax, 

 198. 



BBOOMALL, JOHN N. Eepresentative from Pennsylva- 

 nia, 124; on the republican State guarantee, 182. 



BROUGHAM, HENRY. Birth, 82; death, 83; public career, 

 83,84. 



BROWN, JAMES. Birth, 84 ; death, 84 ; pursuits, 84. 



Brunswick. Government, &4; area, 84; population, 84; 

 budget, 84. 



BUCHANAN, JAMES. Birth, 85 ; death, 85 ; public career, 



BUCKALEW, CHARLES E. Senator from Pennsylvania, 

 124 ; on the passage of bills, 129 ; on the admission 

 of Southern States, 180. 



BUTLER, BENJAMIN F. Representative from Massachu- 

 setts, 124 ; on reconstruction, 166. 



California. Population, 86 ; proportion of different races, 

 86 ; product of gold, 86 ; State government, 86 ; agri- 

 cultural interests, 86 ; Indian corn, 87 ; cotton, 87 ; 

 fruits, 87 ; stock, 87 ; manufacturing industries, 87. 



Candia, or Crete. Area, 88 ; population, 88 ; religions, 

 88 ; insurrection, 88 ; assembly of delegates to discuss 

 affairs, 88 ; report of the Grand- Vizier, 89 ; extracts, 

 89 ; measures adopted against the insurrection, 89 ; 

 General Assembly convened, 89; condition of the 

 island, 90; the insurgents, 90; provisional govern- 

 ment, 90; battles between Cretans and Turks, 90; 

 sympathy of Greece, 91 ; other facts, 736. 



CANTERBURY, Archbishop of. Birth, 91 ; death, 91 ; ca- 

 reer, 91. 



CARDIGAN, Lord Birth, 91 ; death, 91 ; career, 92. 



CARRELL, GEORGE ALOYSIUS. Birth, 92; death, 92; ca- 

 reer, 92. 



CARSON, CHRISTOPHER. Birth, 92 ; death, 92 ; adventurous 

 career, 92. 



Cattle, Diseases of. Great mortality among cattle, 93 ; four 

 epidemics, 93; splenic cattle fever, 93; symptoms, 

 93; progress and history of the disease, 93; destruc- 

 tiveness, 94; investigations of commissioners, 94; 

 description of symptoms, 94 ; other descriptions, 94, 

 95 ; pleuro- pneumonia, 95 ; a disease in Iowa, 96 ; 

 abortion, 96 ; epidemic among horses, 96 ; symptoms, 

 96. 



Central America. Divisions, 96. Guatemala ministry, 

 96; area, 97; population, 97; commerce, 97; public 

 affairs, 97. San Salvador area, 97; population, 97; 

 revenue, 97; commerce, 97. Honduras area, 97; 

 population, 97 ; revenue, 97 ; commerce, 97. Nicara- 

 guaarea, 97 ; population, 97 ; commerce, 97 ; treaty 

 with the United States, 98. Costa Eica Government, 

 98 ; area, 98 ; population, 98 ; army, 98 ; commerce, 98. 



Cerium. A. metal how obtained, 99 ; color, 99 ; mallea- 

 bility, 99. 



CHASE, Chief-Justice SALMON P. Letter to the Senate 

 on impeachment, 352 ; presides at the trial of Presi- 

 dent Johnson, 352 ; voted for in the National Demo- 

 cratic Convention, 749 ; how received, 749 ; his reply 

 to verbal overtures, 750; reply by letter, 750; plat- 

 form approved by him, 750 ; progress of the move- 

 ment for the nomination of Chase, 751. 

 Chemistry. Artificial formation of organic substances, 

 99 ; fermentation and the source of muscular power, 

 100 ; the occlusion of hydrogen gas by metals, 100 ; the 

 velocity of chemical changes, 101 ; Tyndall on molec- 

 ular force, 102 ; action of light, 102 ; white gunpow- 



der, 103 ; nitroglucose, 103 ; ozone and antozone, 104 ; 

 microscopic crystallography, 104; crystallization of 

 sulphur, 105 ; do. under the blow-pipe, 105 ; industrial 

 preparation of oxygen, 106 ; oxychloride of silicium, 

 106; iodide of silicium, 106; persulphide of hydrogen, 

 107 ; new method of sugar manufacture, 107 ; analysis 

 of British waters, 107 ; carbon tubes and crucibles, 

 108. 



CHILDS, HENRY HALSEY. Birth, 108 ; death, 108 ; pur- 

 suits, 109. 



Chili. Eevenues, 109; debt, 109; army, 109; navy, 109; 

 population, 109 ; commerce, 109 ; banks, 109 ; immi- 

 gration, 109; Congress, 110; Indian troubles, 110; 

 earthquakes, 110. 



Chimney, The tallest. Location, 110; dimensions, 110; 

 flues, 111 ; foundation, 111 ; correction of inclination, 

 111. 



China. Area, 111 ; population, 111 ; revenues, 112 ; com- 

 merce, 112 ; shipping, 112 ; appointment of Mr. Bur- 

 lingame as minister, 112 ; departure from China, 113 ; 

 arrival in United States, 113 ; treaty with the United 

 States, 113 ; its ratification, 114 ; relations with Eng- 

 land, 114 ; the Shenandoah visits the coast of Corea, 

 114; fishing-junks, 114; missionaries, 115; riot, 115; 

 Formosa, 115 ; coal-fields, 115 ; the rebels, 115. 



CLARK, LABAN. Birth, 115 ; death, 115 ; pursuits, 116. 



COBB, HOWELL. Birth, 116 ; death, 116 ; career, 116. 



COLFAX, SCHUYLER. Eepresentative from Indiana, 124 ; 

 Speaker of the House, 124 ; on demonstrations in the 

 galleries, 130. 



Colombia, United States of. Government, 117 ; revenue, 

 117; debt, 117; area, 117; population, 117; the new 

 President, 117 ; disturbances in Panama, 117 ; procla- 

 mation of General Ponce, 117 ; other proclamations, 

 118 ; finances, 118 ; railroad contract, 119 ; action of 

 the Legislature, 119. 



Colorado. (See Territories.) 



Commerce of the United States. Continuance of the de- 

 cline, 119 ; imports and exports for a series of years, 

 119 ; imports at New York for a series of years, 120 ; 

 imports of dry goods, 120 ; receipts for duties at New 

 York, 120 ; foreign imports, 120 ; exports from New 

 York, 121 ; do. and the range of gold, 121 ; arrivals at 

 the port of New York in 1868, 121 ; leading articles 

 of export, 121 ; leading articles of import, 122. 



Congregationalists. Numbers in America, 122; further 

 statistics, 122 ; do. in the United States and British 

 colonies, 122 ; Congregationalism in England, 122 ; do. 

 in British Possessions, 123 ; do. on the Continent of 

 Europe, 123. 



Congress, United Slates. Second, session of the Fortieth, 

 convenes, 124. 



Resolution to print extra copies of the President's 

 message, 125 ; motion to strike out the message, 125 ; 

 it is a libel, 125 ; the evidence of a direct coalition 

 between the President and the former rebels, 125 ; a 

 successor of Jefferson Davis, 125 ; assault of the 

 President upon Congress, 125 ; a desire to suppress 

 arguments and information of the kind contained in 

 the message, 125 ; what is this message ? 125 ; mo- 

 tion to amend, lost, 126. 



Message of the President in commendation of the 

 conduct of Major-General Hancock, 126. 



A bill for the further security of equal rights in 

 the District of Columbia, considered, 126 ; the word 

 " white " to be stricken out of all laws and charters, 

 or ordinances of cities, 126 ; bill ordered to be en- 

 grossed, 126 ; read, 126 ; vote for the same laws here 

 that we would vote for our own people at home, 126 ; 

 expression of opinion in the Northern States at the 



